Tyra Banks is looking for plus size models

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Hey girls!  If you’re between the ages of 13 and 19, wear a size between 12 and 20 and are 5’9″ to 6’1″ in height, then Tyra Banks wants you!  The finalists for the first “Fiercely Real Teen Model Search” will be announced during “The Tyra Show” March 2 and the winner crowned the next day.  She will receive a one-year modeling contract and photo shoot with a magazine.
 
“I’ve always felt it was my mission to expand the narrow perceptions of beauty,” she said.  “Plus-sized tends to have a negative connotation and I want young girls to realize that what’s considered plus-sized is the average American woman. That woman is healthy, fit and beautiful. Adolescence is such an impressionable time in a young woman’s life, and I hope this contest helps teen girls discover their own beauty from the inside out.”
 
Interested? Click here for more info.


Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige to perform at BET’s Haiti Telethon

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Celebrities are lining up to lend their support to “S.O.S. Saving OurSelves: Help for Haiti,” which is a three-hour fundraising concert to benefit Haiti relief organizations such as Yele Haiti, CARE, and Project Medishare.  Mary J. Blige, Pharrell, Ludacris and Robin Thicke, Chris Brown and Ciara are some of the artists that will perform and appear at the event.
 
Queen Latifah and Diddy will co-host the telethon from Miami and will air Friday, Feb 5 at 7 p.m. central time on BET, Centric, MTV and VH1.

Video: Obama greets NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers

President Barack Obama greeted the NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers Monday at the White House.  Obama also joked with Magic Johnson about how coach Phil Jackson, when he was with the Chicago Bulls, helped to defeat Magic and the Lakers back in the day.  Check that out at about the :31 mark.
 
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Lauryn Hill performs at Raggamuffin Festival

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Check out Lauryn Hill performing “Doo Wop (That Thing)” Saturday at the Raggamuffin Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand.  So what do you think?  Does she still got it?

Hear new single from Nas and Damien Marley’s new album

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There is a new single from Distant Relatives, the joint album from Nas and Damien Marley, which is expected April 20.  The single, “Strong Will Continue” features production from Stephen Marley.  Nas tweeted Wednesday about his excitement for the upcoming album.
 

Listening to the album with some friends. Distant Relatives is almost ready for ya’ll!!! Its powerful music people LETS GO!!

 
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